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Footeren: Idling or trifling, busy about nothing.

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Ridgty: A chain passing over a horses back to support the shafts of a cart or wagon.

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Cag: Top insult someone

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Slurd: To be intoxicated or drunk

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Afeared: To be afraid or frightened

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Grabble: To snatch or roughly grab

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Reaches: To ridges in a ploughed field.

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Becall: To call someone bad names

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Nit: Not yet

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Vlux: To fly at and strike with wings.

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Watshed: To have wet feet.

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Twitter: To tremble or lie agitated

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Timber Britches: Another word for a coffin

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Louster: A sudden or loud noise

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Jobber: Another name for a cattle dealer

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Groanen Time: Used to describe the time when a woman gives birth to a baby.

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Slackumtrance: A slovenly or dirty woman

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Sweal: To scorch or burn superficially or to turn around quickly or suddenly.

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Vlucker : To flutter or fly

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Rum: Another word for eccentric or odd

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Pank: To pant like a dog

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Drillen: Dripping wet

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Tail-on-end: Eager or hasty

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Bunch: Used to describe a swelling caused by a blow

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Snop: Another word for a quick or sharp blow

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